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Elstree Studios managing director Roger Morris blames the dip in TV work on a “lack of decision-making and musical chairs” at the top of broadcasters including ITV and Channel 5.
Meanwhile, the studio also saw Big Brother bow out after its 11th series, although its dormant set remains in place at the Hertfordshire lot, and it had to turn away the sixth series of ITV1’s Dancing On Ice because of a lack of a capacity caused by film shoots for The King’s Speech and Sherlock Holmes 2.
“We’ve looked to keep an even balance of film and TV work alongside corporate and advertising shoots,” says Morris.
“While TV comprises 50% of our business, it’s important to keep that spread so that we’re not overly reliant on one sector.”
Morris is planning to double the studio space at Elstree to avoid having to turn away large-scale shows in future. “We want to build more stages and we’re discussing the optimum size of construction with a view to putting the plan into action in the next 12 months,” he says.
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